Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30
THE POST AND THE RAILROADS

here would be no GAZETTE, and scarcely
Post enough to support the awning to ,
squirrel house. Railroads have made
Texas what the state is, and Texas ba.
made its railroads what they are. 1t il
only prudence and justice to support rail
roads and encourage them. Take AVA
the iron horse, and The magnificent terri
tory of this state would return TO GRASSY
wilderness. Railroads are part, and {
large part, of the wealth of Texas. They
are interested in the prosperity of the
state. Whatever enriches Texas enriches
its railroads, and whatever depresses one
depresses the other. THE GAZETTE does
not criticise railroad management in
spite of its friendliness to these
vast interests, but because of it
rs utterances are for the best
interests of Texas from one end
to the other. Whenever or wherever
an injury to the state is being done, this
paper will try to remedy it, and effect it's
change into benefit, even st the risk Of
| being misunderstood by its friends. But
| the Post should not ask too many ques-
lions. What has Texas done? Texas
has been quite liberal and generous. Hsd
the proper policy been pursued the lands
granted railroads by the state of Texas
woult be all settled up and enhanced il
value one hundred told. Had Texas been
spared the effects of the hide bound pol
Icy Of the psst two years, she would have
shared in the boom now epriching and
populstiDg the Pacific coast. OF course
the Houston and Texas Central has done
much for Texas but what is it doing
now? What has it done or tried
to do since Huntington turned i,
into bondWonsn of California Agents
in the east, and in Europe? Undoubtedly
And the pool commissioner whose time
and thoughts are engrossed in freight
matters imaeines that is oil that is neces-
ssrY, while The California roads are con-
scripting every ticket agent in the north
west, eastern and middle states and hav-
ing them act as immigrant agents for
them, while Texas is resting calmly and
quietly upon the fact that one of her rail.
roads has an agent in Europe. When
the high wrought Christian altruism OF
the commissioner prevailed two years
sgo over the objections of practical
passenger men and introduced the policy:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to- thun-
der" il was perhaps triumph Of great
moral principle, but the Northwestern
and Central Traffic Associations that
promised to adopt the ''no commission"
principle as G factor of redeemiDg grace,
have so far failed to comply. They are
not good moral men, perhaps, but they
have put Texas Tin 8 box" reduced
their rates. continued paying commissions
ana scattering printed matter with
travel and the people. Whenever immi-
grafton could be secured there was q
passenger man to secure 1t, and he did
not have to hunt through freight Office
TO obtain authority. The Post informs
US that there are emigrsnt rstes. That is
just one cause OF complaint. Who ever
hears about them, or who is doing any
thing to push them or make them effec-
tive? Chance, natural advantage and
that soothing dolce far niente programme
has been tried long enough. There is no
moral or legal obligation resting On the
Texas Traffic Association to observe the
compact, never observed by similar asso-
Citations though promising to do so. Our
Texas roads should go into the vineyard
also and work for business, as other
roads are doing. They should give as
good rates to tourists and immigrants
rney should put active, practical men in
the h4ld sDd let these men have |
q latitude and discre lon independent |
of any freight Office or freight pool. |
THE GAZETTE has it on excellent author |
ity, though it cannot state it as an sb.o- |
lutte fact, that round trip ticket from |
Kansas City to California can be pur-
chased for $40, good for six months.
Comparing distances, where is Texas
equally fsvoredP THE GAZETTE is not
on the wrong trail, because its inspiration
comes from the crying needs of the state.
The fact is patent to all, and to none
more than to the keen, observant Post,
that T,xls is receiving no immigrants,
and that immigrants are what she most
needs. We cannot aft Ird to stand on
ceremony, nor even to shrink from slight |
sacrilege, when 1t will rebound 20 the
interests of Texss.
: One taken every nighk stimpsxses the
livei, scsrriesof the haeand Improves the
4 igestion aad app~fftss Cartsr's Little
Liver Pills. Don't forgetthfs.